Sewing Machine Maintenance: How to Oil and Clean (Front Loading Bobbin)

Tutorial for sewing machine maintenance at home, especially how to oil and clean you front loading bobbin machine. After watching this video you will feel confident to dismantle the bobbin area of your machine and put it all back together with no problems at all. Maybe even do a bit of oiling here and there if your machine needs it.

Thanks for watching and happy sewing!

[christianschmidt]

A 9 year old video just saved me from a panic attack in the middle of the night. Thank you for saving my sanity!!!!

[penyginger]

Ive been sewing for around 18 years now. But being self taught on thrift store machines means I never even knew some of these parts are removable until now. You may have just saved me the cost of buying a new machine. And taught me what to fix on the ones I put into storage when they started causing problems. You're a life saver

[margaretwest]

Thank you so much!! My machine was making a terrible sound and oiling the bobbin area didn't help. Oiling the piston did the trick and this is the only video I've seen that shows that! Saved me!

[G]

First time I've ever bothered to do this, my 15 year old sewing machine is so grateful, thank you for making this easy to follow!!

[cmaizyb]

Oh my gosh. Thank goodness I found your video. I took the shuttle race apart to brush out some lint and couldn't get it back together. Your clear photography and simple explanation helped me slip it all right back together and into place in less than a minute! Thanks, so much.

[shallyngriffith]

Thank you for speaking slowly and clearly! Easy to follow in real time.

[emaleamiller]

This is a great informative YouTube! Thank you. I received as a gift a much older Janome Gem and use it when camping - a girl has to do what a girl has to do. Learning how to care for it will give me many more quilt tops and relaxing trips.

[cateysue]

If you have an older machine, there are 4 or 5 places that should be oiled. However, the most important thing is to remove the lint as shown and make sure that your needle is good and the correct one for your project. I learned how to sew over 50 years ago when both sewing machines and typewriters were cleaned on a weekly basis and expected to last a lifetime. My favorite machine is a heavy duty one purchased in 1973 which I still use today!

[iphoneartgirl]

You saved me with the careful showing of the way to reinsert the bobbin casing parts! Thank you!

[susiesue]

Thank you, I just bought a cheap second hand machine and followed your instructions, it was jammed up with fluff and sounding a bit rough but after the clean and oil it is sewing beautifully 😀

[lindsaychamberlain]

Thank you so much. I decided to clean and oil all my machines for the start of the new year, did fine with the top loading machines. then diss assembled the first front loaded one, had a good look.decided I would remember how to put it back together, then promptly forgot how to put it back together!! Thank you so much. it went back together like a dream, nice clean and well oiled.

[thefluffyguffy]

Your video just saved us! The entire bobbin casing popped out and I finally searched on YouTube. Thank You!

[oldestmozzy]

Thank you for this informative tutorial. My Janome is very similar to the model in your tutorial but the user manual for my machine makes no mention at all of cleaning and oiling. Keep up your simple and easy to understand instructions. I think they are very helpful, especially for those who do not have English as their first language.

[QaibQusRoobKujYem]

I just want to say thank you for your informative video. I watched and help my mother cleaning, maintenance, oil her sewing machine. It sew smooth like new. This video is so helpful. I would recommended to anyone who do maintenance at home. Definitely useful.

[oldtimerlee]

Another thank you to add to your collection for this video. Same story here. Inherited a Dresmaker SWA-2000. Like others took the bobbin shuttle race assembly apart & cleaned out a bunch of lint and gunk. Couldn't figure out how to put it back together, even though I was looking at their manual. Turned to YT and found your video. Within seconds, I saw what the instructions had left out! With that bit of info, everything when back into place perfectly. THANK YOU!

[nk]

This video has answered questions I didn’t even know I had! I have a Janome suv1108 and although I’ve practically memorized the parts of the manual relating to operating the machine, I’ve never even glanced at the maintenance section. Thank you for this extremely well done video!!!

[briannawalker]

These were the exact steps I needed to fix my jammed machine--simply needed a good cleaning! I have a singer fashion mate sewing machine & this method still worked! Thank you so much for saving me time & money 🧡🧡

[paulinasophiegreer]

Thank you so much. You just saved me 60 dollars. God Bless you.

[lisamoore]

Thank you so much! this literally could be a life saver as I’m sewing masks for hospitals due to massive shortage due to coronavirus when my machine acted up. Thanks to your tutorial, I’m back in business. God bless you from Massachusetts!

[fionacampbell]

Thank you.Had my machine 20 years and never knew how to oil it.You changed that.